The Taliban warned the United States and its allies that there would be “consequences” if they did not leave Afghanistan on August 31.

One of the Taliban spokesman, Suhail Shahin, warned on Monday that there would be “consequences” if the United States and other foreign countries Afghanistan withdrawal and evacuations not completed on August 31, the deadline set by the American president, Joe biden.

In an interview with Sky News, Shahin warned that August 31 “is a red line”, a date approaching as countries attempt to evacuate by forced marches and Biden considers US troops leaving the Asian country after this date.

“Biden announced that on August 31 he would withdraw all his military forces,” said Shahin, who noted that if the president extended the term “means that there is an extension of the occupation when there is no need”. “If the United States or the United Kingdom ask for more time to continue the evacuations, The answer is no. Or there will be consequences“He added.

Shahin’s comments also come as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Biden to extend the deadline to leave Afghanistan., an expansion that seeks to expel as many people as possible from the country, after the Taliban seized power in the country. Meanwhile, scenes of desperation at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport continue to unfold.

Shahin also assured that citizens will be able to leave the country after the August 31 if they have the necessary documentation, although he called on the Afghans to stay and “rebuildAfghanistan.

The spokesperson for the insurgents indicated that citizens who wish to do so will be able to leave in commercial flights after the troop withdrawal deadline, and stressed that the Taliban they will not put up “obstacles” if those seeking to leave Afghanistan have passports and papers, reported on BBC.

Since the Taliban took power, the military zone of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul has been in practice the only place in the country that remains under the control of international forces., the United States commanding security to evacuate thousands of foreign nationals and Afghan allies.

However, these exits have been seen slow motion because of the chaos at the airport, where for a week thousands of people have gathered at its entrances to try to gain access to some of the evacuation flights, causing the deaths of at least seven civilians, according to the British government reported on Sunday.

In a slower than expected process, The United States has evacuated approximately 37,000 people from Afghanistan since August 14.or, although more than 10,000 of them only managed to leave the country within the last 24 hours.

International forces have set themselves the goal of completing the evacuations before August 31. that it was the day that Washington had set itself the limit to withdraw completely from the country.

To do this, they enlisted the help of several US commercial airlines in the evacuation efforts.Although United States President Joe Biden has said he is not ruling out extending the date.

The extension of the evacuations “will create mistrust between us. If there is an intention to continue the occupation, this will provoke a reactionShahin added.

However, thousands of people are still waiting to leave Afghanistan, most of them the old coalition is forcing workers and their families, who fear being seen and punished as traitors by the Taliban.

However, Taliban are trying to bring domestic issues under control by trying to quell resistance that has kept them from controlling the whole country.

While the northern province of Panjshir still opposes resistance, the Taliban negotiated a surrender or took by force the only one of the 34 regions of Afghanistan which did not fall under the control of the insurgent group, and where hundreds of soldiers and local guerrillas remain entrenched.

Insurgent group fighters have enemy “besieged inside Panjshir”Mujahid reported on Monday in a message on Twitter, while assuring that “the Islamic Emirate (as the insurgents call themselves) is trying to resolve the problem peacefully”.

The combatants positioned themselves on the outskirts of the mountainous region, a natural fortress, from the provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan, and the city of Andarab in Baghlan province, he said.

The Panjshir is the base of the Northern Alliance front, a guerrilla formation of “warlords” led by the charismatic guerrilla Ahmad Shah Massoud., known as the “Lion of Panjshir”, who resisted and protected the region for decades.

Now the son of the late “Lion of Panjshir”, the young Ahmad Massoud, presented himself as the leader of this movement which resists, with hundreds of soldiers, the Taliban offensive.

Ahmad Massoud has made public on several occasions in recent days his willingness to negotiate with the insurgency, but without fear of facing them if necessary.

(With information from EFE and Europa Press)

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